Carols By Candlelight is telecast live for the first time in over a decade. (GTV9 had last telecast it in 1956 as part of its pre-launch test transmissions) Hosting from the Sidney Myer Music Bowl is Phil Gibbs with performances by Johnny Farnham, Robert Leeman, Aurora Muratti, Julie Raines, Ian McNeill and a 200-strong choir.
ATV0 would go on to be the host broadcaster for Carols By Candlelight for a decade, with the telecast rights taken over by the Nine Network in 1979.
See also: Wednesday 24 December 1969 — SYDNEY
Source: TV Times, 24 December 1969 (except programs marked * Source: The Age, 24 December 1969)
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| 7AM | 7am The New Three Stooges 7.30 Laurel And Hardy 7.55 Funny Company |
7am Fun Show | ||
| 8AM | 8.30am King Leonardo | 8am Kaper Kops 8.30 Here’s Humphrey |
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| 9AM | 9am Deputy Dawg 9.30 Jungle Jim |
9am Holiday Carnival | 9am The Magic Circle Club 9.30 Kindy |
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| 10AM | 10.10am Play School 10.35 Close |
10am Casey Jones 10.30 Hawkeye |
10.30 The Unloved | 10am Rocky And Bullwinkle 10.30 The Real McCoys |
| 11AM | 11am Rocket Robin Hood 11.30 Karen 11.58 News |
11am Divorce Court 11.30 Secret Storm |
11am The Lone Ranger 11.30 A Year To Remember 11.57 News |
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| 12PM | 12.45pm English By TV | 12pm Abbott And Costello 12.30 Movie: Little Women. 1949 [IMDB] |
12pm Days Of Our Lives 12.30 Movie: The Mudlark. 1951 [IMDB] |
12pm Sky King 12.30 Movie: Wings Over Wyoming. 1937 [IMDB] |
| 1PM | 1pm ABC News 1.05 This Week In Britain 1.10 Movie: Never Wave At A WAAC. 1952 [IMDB] |
1.25 Better Living 1.30 Candid Camera |
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| 2PM | 2.35 Stina’s Diary | 2pm Movie: A Christmas Carol. 1938 [IMDB] | 2pm Peyton Place 2.30 General Hospital |
2pm Movie: Bobbikins. 1960 [IMDB] |
| 3PM | 3.05 Science Report 3.20 Back To Bree 3.45 Cartoons 3.50 Flowerpot Men |
3.30 Jet Jackson | 3pm Ben Casey | 3.27 News 3.30 The Pied Piper |
| 4PM | 4.05 Play School 4.30 Adventure Island |
4pm Champion 4.30 The Munsters |
4pm Marine Boy 4.30 White Hunter |
4pm The Flinstones 4.30 Astro Boy |
| 5PM | 5pm Cartoons 5.05 Speed Racer 5.30 Why Is It So? 5.40 Lassie |
5pm Gomer Pyle USMC 5.30 Cool McCool |
5pm National Velvet 5.30 The Bugs Bunny Show |
5pm The Three Stooges 5.30 On Safari |
| 6PM | 6.05 Life Of Riley 6.30 Sexton Blake 6.55 Cricket Corner |
6pm The Beverly Hillbillies 6.30 News. Brian Naylor, David Johnston |
6pm Spin A Word 6.30 News. Eric Pearce, Kevin Sanders, Rosemary Margan |
6pm News. Barry McQueen, Brian Taylor 6.30 The Patty Duke Show |
| 7PM | 7pm ABC News, Newsreel 7.26 Weather 7.30 Special: Pinocchio |
7pm Coles $6000 Question. Roland Strong 7.30 Department S |
7pm Family Affair 7.30 Ironside |
7pm Bewitched 7.30 Hawaii Ho! |
| 8PM | 8.43 News In Brief 8.45 The Dean Martin Show |
8.30 Movie: Crooks Anonymous. 1963 [IMDB] | * 8.30 Special: Ladies And Gentlemen — A Christmas Occasion | 8.30 Special: Andy Williams Christmas Show |
| 9PM | 9.35 ABC News, Weather 9.45 Special: Carols From Kings 1968 |
9.30 Special: Carols By Candlelight. Live from Sidney Myer Music Bowl, Melbourne. Phil Gibbs | ||
| 10PM | 10.30 Soccer | 10.10 Movie: Singin’ In The Rain. 1952 [IMDB] | * 10pm Movie: Scrooge. 1951 [IMDB] | |
| 11PM | * 11.40 Late News | 11.30 News. Ron Alderton 11.45 Close |
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| 12AM | 12am Close | 12am News 12.10 Close |
12am Movie: The Story Of Vernon And Irene Castle. 1939 [IMDB] | |
| 1AM | 1.50 Epilogue 1.55 Close |
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STV8 Mildura |
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| 10.10am Play School 10.35 Close 12.45pm English By TV 1pm ABC News 1.05 This Week In Britain 1.10 Movie: Never Wave At A WAAC. 1952 [IMDB] 2.35 Stina’s Diary 3.05 Science Report 3.20 Back To Bree 3.45 Cartoons 3.50 Flowerpot Men 4.05 Play School 4.30 Adventure Island 5pm Cartoons 5.05 Speed Racer 5.30 Why Is It So? 5.40 Lassie 6.05 Life Of Riley 6.30 Sexton Blake 6.55 Cricket Corner 7pm ABC News, Newsreel 7.26 Weather 7.30 Special: Pinocchio 8.43 News In Brief 8.45 The Dean Martin Show 9.35 ABC News, Weather 9.45 Special: Carols From Kings 1968 10.30 Soccer 12am Close |
12pm I’ve Got A Secret 12.30 Movie: Pied Piper Of Hamelin. 1957 [IMDB] 2pm Days Of Our Lives 2.45 Cooking 3.15 It Takes A Thief 4pm Cartoon Carnival 4.50 Cobbers Club 5.05 Casey Jones 5.30 Jonny Quest 5.55 Skippy The Bush Kangaroo 6.20 News 7pm The Big 9. Athol Guy 7.30 Randall And Hopkirk (Deceased) 8.30 Movie: The Magnificent Seven. 1960 [IMDB] 10.15 News, Weather 10.20 Close |
12pm Beauty And The Beast 12.30 The Rag Trade 1pm Coronation Street 1.30 Sewing Hints 1.35 News 1.50 Beauty Box 2pm Maggie. Maggie Tabberer 2.30 Movie: Abbott And Costello In The Navy. 1941 [IMDB] 4pm Cartoon Carnival 4.30 The Lone Ranger 5pm BTV Juniors 5.30 Generation Gap 5.55 Green Acres 6.20 Regional News 6.30 National News 6.58 Weather 7pm Mr Roberts 7.30 The Little Drummer Boy 8pm Movie: The Holly And The Ivy. 1953 [IMDB] 9.30 Special: Carols By Candlelight 11.30 News 11.40 Epilogue; Close |
11.55am News, Weather 12.25 Girl Talk 12.55 News 1pm The Loretta Young Show 1.30 Movie: Christmas Eve [IMDB] 3pm The Marriage Game 3.55 Here’s Humphrey 4.50 GMV Juniors 5pm Annie Oakley 5.30 Space Ace 6pm Leave It To Beaver 6.20 Regional News 6.30 National News 7pm Skippy The Bush Kangaroo 7.30 The Saint 8.30 Movie: Strategic Air Command. 1955 [IMDB] 10.30 News, Weather 11.10 Epilogue 11.15 Close |
2pm Cartoons 2.30 Movie: The Blazing Forest. 1952 [IMDB] 4.05 Glencannon 4.30 Tots Time 4.35 Superman 5pm The Flintstones 5.25 Rifleman 5.50 Bewitched 6.15 Regional News 6.30 National News 7pm Skippy The Bush Kangaroo 7.30 The Man From UNCLE 8.30 Contrabandits 9.30 Special: Carols By Candlelight 11.30 News 11.35 Epilogue; Close |
2pm The Little People 2.35 Movie: Vacation From Marriage. 1945 [IMDB] 4.15 Huckleberry Hound 4.45 The Paddlewheelers 5.50 Fireball XL5 6.15 The Flying Nun 6.40 News 7pm The Big 9 7.30 Hunter 8.25 Movie: Funny Face. 1957 [IMDB] 10.10 News 10.18 Tomorrow On 8 10.20 Close |
5pm The Mickey Mouse Club 5.25 The Flintstones 5.50 Hogan’s Heroes 6.15 Gippsland News 6.30 National News 6.55 Stock Report 7pm Skippy The Bush Kangaroo 7.30 The Carol Burnett Show 8.30 Randall And Hopkirk (Deceased) 9.25 Gippsland News 9.30 Special: Carols By Candlelight 11.30 Close |
